Gloucester Saint

Don’t forget Jumpin’ Jacks

Aribo is going 100%, one year left, high earner and wants out. Will go to Galatasaray, Beskitas or Rangers if he’s willing to drop some wages even post-relegation cut. Smallbone probably a nominal fee or loan out, but depends on Still’s formation. If he uses three in the middle keep as a squad option. Also only a year left.

Agree it was worse than Holgate at Sunderland. Perhaps not Jankewitz though… Worst for any club was an Aussie goalkeeper for Norwich at home to Colchester - 1-7 opening day, was at a Norwich fan’s stag do. One game and out. Bryan Gunn signed him and he was a top goalkeeper as well.

Wheal has been in decent form so presume injured. Stoneman was a cheap and not cheerful signing to blunt the new ball. Barker - a 38 year old out for a year isn’t going to transform the season. Orr surely has to come in and Albert out to play in the Hampshire leagues or perhaps loaned to Devon or Berkshire to get bat on ball in minor counties. Nowhere near first class standard this season so far annd can’t see him doing better on loan in D2 unless half a batting line up somewhere has broken their fingers. Eddie Jack only if the pitch looks like a Bunsen. Stick with Currie and Prest as need to bring younger players with ability through.

Very risky not only internationally but domestically for his coalition. The isolationist faction, and it is a large faction, won’t support this and if Iran or more like it’s proxies start attacking US facilities and citizens, he’s heading straight down the road of George W Bush.

Got better but that debut v Palace….his namesake the famous playwright would have been more solid that day. Works for the FAI now.

Richard Chaplow’s first Saints spell was on loan as was Jack Cork’s as someone else mentioned.

Ronnie Ekelund for sheer quality. Richard Wright a useful short-term loan. Plenty of successful loans which haven’t translated quite as well after then joining on a longer-term basis - Saganowski, THB and Downes (in the PL), Fraser, Rasiak.

Reform’s King of DOGE is not keen on picking up dog 💩 it seems. And I suspect more personnel blow-ups in the future. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c991epp257lo

several comments on there that it was a staged fart incident - made me laugh either way!

No idea whether Naga Munchetty is guilty of bullying or not but does enjoy a good old fart on BBC Breakfast

Nicer temperature in the Brecon Beacons yesterday, drier and 25 degrees. Lovely. Not so pleasant here in Glos though, very humid and airless.

Taylor? Play him at LWB, that type of player gets you promotions and on a small sample size he looked better than Manning who is ok as back up. Larios will be a wage-write off loan to the Spanish lower leagues. Taylor shouldn’t be judged on seeing through two bullshit football managers, 300 PL appearances. ABK will get a Bundesliga club as long as we keep the fee under 5m Euros, get him off the books. Fraser - agree with you there, but could be a useful impact player like last time if Still can get him fit and focused again.

I’ve seen several posters on here say Joe is one of the top earners at the club and whilst one wanting to re-open the facile debate about the merits of AI sites estimating player wages, there’s enough circumstantial evidence that he’s on £60k or so p/w, maybe more pre-relegation cut. He’d just scored in a European final which might account for some of it. He’s off anyway, year left on his contract, Galatasary or Beskitas I reckon. Rangers fans would love him back, and so would Martin I suspect, but he’d need to lower his wage expectations.

He was never going to be a signing we turned for a profit in his late 20s, like Carrillo was signed to dig a manager out of the crap by going route one. And just like with Pellegrino, Jones got the sack shortly afterwards. Pure stupidity for the same top flight club to make the same costly mistake twice in just 5 years. If true, Spores has made the best out of a bad lot there. Good luck to Paul Onachu though, gave his best and there are few Saints players who can hold their head up and say the same over the last 3-4 seasons. Whereas Sulemana will go for a similar fee and should’ve been a Mane type transfer. Lacks some of Sadio’s football brain let alone someone incredibly mature like Matty Fernandes, but can’t help feeling that the Southern League standard of coaching over the last 3 seasons at the club has not helped Kamaldeen at all. Sad, as not that long ago the club regularly improved players with raw attributes.

That is horrific. That looks like a JD Wetherspoons carpet or a hotel which hasn’t seen a renovation in 30 years.

🤞 for all parties sake that’s accurate. Allegedly personal terms were already agreed although might have been from one of those clickbait sites. Should’ve happened last summer but they pushed it to the wire and Saints understandably wouldn’t give him away for next to free when he’s already scored goals on loan.

He was finished 3-4 years ago and even Danny Ings has better knees. Hope nepotism isn’t keeping him on a contract. Grateful for his part in the cup wins and contribution overall but not sure he’d get in another county squad.

Could still win but these need to be in close to the finish to do it. Bollocks - Vince is out

MLG’s local shop ought to stock up on *Kleenex *other brands of tissue are available

Having read the full article, Dragan is saying the first three signings will be without the need for sales, DC (Quarshie), AMC and striker, there will be more incomings but needs to be some sales and squad reduction for those. Which means Ramsdale would leave if there’s to be a new first choice keeper, which makes absolute sense. If the release clause is true then he will be although keepers are a different market,

Sounds like he got fed up with Martin’s and Juric’s inflexibility - not surprised they’ve opted for Will Still and a more adaptive approach. He thinks Martin would do well in the PL much longer-term but probably needs the maturity from a spell at a club the size of Rangers and others to know when to be adaptive.

*MLG Mode deactivated again

We are linked with a lot of first choice keepers though and Baz’s report card from Belgium was not good at all. He might end up as second choice if AM moves on in his final year.

Should’ve guessed it would be that. Still, a welcome addition and let’s see how he does https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cx2v5yn4xdpo